Iowa Trust Introduces Pay As You Use Checking
The Iowa Trust & Savings Bank announces a new Pay As You Use checking plan with no minimum balance and no monthly service charge. Customers pay five cents per check or deposit. accounts opened for any amount include a book of special checks with a register and passbook, and cancelled checks are returned with monthly statements. The move aims to expand banking services to Estherville residents and offer safety and convenience.
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Iowa Trust & Savings Bank
Iowa Trust
Estherville
Fia
Paving begun on Highway 71 south of Jackson
Work started to close a 3.8 mile unpaved gap on Highway No. 71 to Iowa Primary No. 9 south of the Minnesota line. Booth & Olson, Inc. of Sioux City hold the contract, with machinery shipped and many workers to be employed to finish within about 30 days. Sand and gravel moved from Wallingford pit, cement and steel planned for use, water supply from Swan Lake, and pipes installed. The completed road will link Jackson to northern Iowa, boosting southern tourist traffic in 1942.
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Iowa
Minnesota State Line
Booth & Olson, Inc
Sioux City
Rock Island Railway
Wallingford
Swan Lake
Jackson
Southland
Delightul
northernMinnesota
Nine Counties Awarded Blue Ribbons at Fair
Nine of twenty five counties in the Iowa State Fair home project exhibits earned blue ribbons judged by Mary Ellen Brown Nebraska state home demonstration agent. Counties Clay Fayette Fremont Hardin Jones Marshall Polk Scott Woodbury listed, Emmet among eight receiving red ribbons. Entries capped a year of home making study sponsored by the Town State College Extension Service and county farm bureaus.
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Ames
Towa
Mission To Have Enlarged Quarters For Res cue Workers
The Rescue Workers Mission in the Tosdal building on South Fifth Street will enlarge to occupy the entire building by September 15, with living quarters for hosts Mr. and Mrs. Willard Sizer at the rear of the north room. Several Estherville ministers and workers including Ellwood Grover, Guy Bone Swea City, Claude Fausnaugh, Forssell, Mathre, Conely, Ortmeyer, Holmes, and Ratzloff Spirit Lake have offered help for the fall meetings.
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Rescue Workers Mission
Tosdal
South Fifth Street
Willard Sizer
Estherville
Ellwood
Grover
Guy Bone
Swea City
Claude Fausnaugh
G. E.forssell
L. A. Mathre
Geo. Conely
F. W. Ortmeyer
Percy Holmes
Everett Ratzloff
Spirit Lake
Butterfield Produce Opens in New South Sixth Street Building
Butterfield Produce company resumes operations in a new South Sixth Street building at the former Gasmble-Robinson site after a fire destroyed the old structure. The new office and waiting room on the northeast corner features white modern finishes. The egg candling room is insulated and located beside the office, with a loading and storage area at the rear offering railroad access.
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Butterfield Produce Company
South Sixth Street
Gasmble-Robinson
District Court schedules 1942 terms across eight counties
The 14th judicial district judges F C Davidson Emmetsburg G W Stillman Algona and F M Hudson Pocahontas set 1942 term dates for Clay Dickinson Buena Vista Emmet Humboldt Kossuth Palo Alto and Pocahontas counties. Dates list January through November with judges assigned per county and term.
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14Th Judicial District
F. C. Davidson
Emmetsburg
G. W. Stillman
Algona
F. M. Hudson
Pocahontas
Clay
Dickinson
Buena Vista
Emmet
Humboldt
Kossuth
Palo Alto
Hudson
Davidson
Stillman
Wumboldt
Uniformed service members admit free to Spencer Fair
Clay County Fair officials announced that men in United States Service Organizations uniforms will receive free admission during the September 8 18 exposition week. The move aligns with the National Defense Program to let service members on leave enjoy the fair. John Rhodes visited Davenport to be with his wife who is there for a few weeks. a son was born to the Rhodes family Monday morning. Edna Yates of Evanston Illinois arrived for a visit at Art Yates home with relatives and friends lingering after events.
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Clay County Fair
United States Service Organizations
National Defense
Fair Board
W.R— John Rhodes
Davenport
Edna Yates
Evanston
Illinois
Art Yates
Heavy rainfall soaks Estherville farms after long dry spell
Estherville residents recorded 2.20 inches of rain Sunday into Monday, ending a drought since June. The downpour damaged soybeans, stalled fall plowing, and dried corn while forecasters expected more rain during the Spencer Fair week.
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Estherville
California
Five Estherville youths join Navy recruiting visit
A navy recruiting cruiser spent several days in Estherville last week. Six local youths enlisted or were accepted, with about a dozen more contacted likely to enlist soon. The party toured Pensacola aviation film shows and gave a briefing on navy service, with staff including Dr. Robert Leeds and J I Lynch among others. The Willey family attended a burial in Muscatine for their sister.
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Navy
Emmetsburg
Rehence
Algona
J. Grompe
Estherville
Grompe
Naval Reserve
Pensacola
Florida
Robert Leeds
J. I. Lynch
Machinst
W. P. D'Amour
D. I Funk
Two Divorces Granted Last Week in Court
Judge Fred M. Hudson granted two divorces this term. Zoe Feaimer Guer tin obtained a divorce from John Nelson Guertin for cruel and inhuman treatment and habitual drunkenness. she may remarry within a year and had her maiden name restored. The couple married at Spirit Lake in 1913 and have been separated for years. Costs were assessed against the plaintiff. Marcel la Anderson divorced Darrel Anderson on cruelty grounds. custody of their one year old son Gary was awarded to Mrs. Anderson who also received $365 per month alimony and the defendant to pay the action costs. The Andersons wed in Jackson Minnesota on June 12, 1939.
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Fred M. Hudson
Zoe Feaimer Guertin
John Nelson Guertin
Spirit Lake
Palmer
Marcella Anderson
Darrel Anderson
Rites Held for Mrs Olson Wallingford Pioneer
Funeral services for Mrs Tena Olson 74 were held Saturday at Wallingford Lutheran Church. She died Wednesday at her daughter Mrs C L Torreson’s home, survived by two daughters and three sons. Born September 1 1867 on a farm east of Wallingford she married E O Olson November 17 1892. The couple lived on a Wallingford area farm until 1920, moved to Wallingford, and later to her daughter's home four and a half years ago. Burial was in Wallingford cemetery beside her husband. Continuous health declines followed two hip fractures. She remained active in the Lutheran church when possible.
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Wallingford Lutheran Church
Tena Olson
Emmet County
C. L. Torreson
Hinderaker
Torreson
Wallingford
Olson
Glenn Young
Lloyd Olson
Clarence Olson
Norman Olson
Procedure To Obtain A Birth Certificate And Proofs Of Age
Government notice outlines steps to get birth certificates and proofs of age. It explains contact with the state Bureau of Vital Statistics, with Iowa details dating from 1880, and alternate methods for unrecorded births using physician records or other documents. It notes submitting multiple records and possible Census searches when state or local records are unavailable.
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Office of Government Reports
Des Moines
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Iowa
Pension Board
Census Bureau
Washington
Night School for Estherville Residents Proposed
Prospective night high school in Estherville moves forward with 24 signups, needing 30 to 36 students. Classes would run 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. three nights weekly at the high school, with a maximum $3 monthly fee. Four teachers would be hired. diplomas would be awarded upon completion. Stanley Smith urges interested residents to enroll now.
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Estherville
Estherville Packing Company
Stanley Smith
C. M. Gronstal
Olmer Jackson
Jennie Wpingrey
Robert Hansen
N. E. Dempney
C. TL. Minlock
Estherville School Board
Ralph Creger Takes Storekeeper Post at Fort Des Moines
Ralph Creger begins duties Wednesday as assistant storekeeper at the Ft. Des Moines induction center. A World War I veteran he passed the civil service exam last April and joined after traveling to Des Moines with Mr. and Mrs. Diamond.
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Ralph Creger
Ft. Des Moines
Creger
Civil Service
Don Diamond
Laymen's Retreat Planned at La Salette Seminary
A Catholic Laymen's Retreat, the first of its kind on West Okoboji lake, is set for September 12 to 14 at the La Salette Seminary Terrace Park. Rev. Patrick Durkin, pastor of Sacred Heart in Sioux City, to lead as retreat master. This marks the first adult activity at the new seminary following a boys' summer camp earlier in the year.
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West Okoboji Lake
la Salette
Terrace Park
Patrick Durkin
Sacred Heart Parish
Sioux City
New Seminary
Local Market Prices for Eggs Meats and Grains
Heavy Springs chickens over six pounds sell at 16 cents per pound. Light and Leghorn, heavy hens over six pounds 16 cents. Hens four to six pounds 18 cents. Heavy Cox over five pounds ten cents. No. 1 Standard eggs 28 cents. Eggs No. 2 one cent. Cream prices range from 80 to 88 cents. Corn per bushel unknown, oats 0.05, flax 1.82, soybeans 0.05, barley 40 to 55 cents.
Frank Knox Praises Home Paper Advertising Value
Secretary Knox thanks the Navy department for newspaper cooperation during a recruitment campaign. He notes the home town press met the challenge during harvest time, sending thousands of prospective recruits to read Navy stories. The letter predicts lasting impact and states the state will top funding goals by July 1, 1942.
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Frank Knox
Navy Department
Knox
Navy
Tuitions Revised at Iowa and Iowa State Colleges
The Iowa Board of Education reports tuition changes at the University of Iowa and Iowa State College. Iowa students pay $15 more per semester and Iowa State students $3 more per quarter, with several previously extra or special fees rolled into the new rates. Included items cover enrollment, athletics, yearbooks, and campus publications.
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Towa State Hoard of Education
University of Iowa
Iowa State College
Iowa
Iowa State
M. R. Pierson
Town City
Hawkeye
University Annual
Tawan
Frivol
Towa State
Ames
Towa
Fires Leave Minor Damage Across Town Friday
On Friday afternoon three separate blazes drew attention but caused little damage. A kerosene water heater fire in a Harley Degenham basement smoked but was extinguished before crews arrived. A Northern Lumber truck burned later, heavily damaging the vehicle. bystanders moved the burning truck away. A yard fire near Estherville Packing was put out by volunteers with no alarm.
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Harley Degenham
Northern Lumber Company
Douglas Edwards
Lumber Company
Maurice Edwards
Estherville Packing Company
Field Day Called Off by Rain at Wattle Lake
Field Day events sponsored by the Emmet County Conservation league were largely canceled as Sunday’s heavy rain disrupted planned activities at Wattle Lake. About a thousand people watched until officials halted the meet. police pistol shoot results showed Mankato, Minnesota, winning with Estherville second.
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Wattle Lake
Emmet County Conservation League
Mankato
Minnesota
Estherville
Wallingford
Armstrong
Ringsted
Dolliver
Committees Appointed by Maurice Doyle Post Elects New Commander
Commander TE Thomas of Maurice Doyle No 11 post of The American Legion was installed on Tuesday September 2 as the new commander. Elected officers were installed with Eighth District Commander Arthur Bringle District Adjutant Wilder and Past District Commander Deming as installing officers. Appointed committees include social publicity decoration Day Boy Scout community service legislative grave registration sick and veterans employment among others. The next regular meeting is Tuesday October 7 with a 7:00 PM dinner in the Legion club rooms. George McCutcheon of Jacksonville Florida visits Estherville.
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TE. Thomas
Maurice Doyle
American Legion
Thomas Wwas
Eighth District
Arthur Bringle
Wilder
Wy OE. Deming
Thomas
Gordon Griffis
Wallace Westbrook
Harry Jones
R. E. Gabriel
M. KE. Eluckaba
KK. J. McDonald
A. [. Reed
Milton Morrissey
Mo EE. Uuckaba
Oon
Harold Sorensen
Lewis Salyers
Melvin Warren
Dr. Mann
WWE
Deming
Walher Thorndyke
Ba Olkser
T. C. Mann
Dan Howard
Kev. McDonald
W. O C. Currell
E.G. Stavros
Wo EL
M. Sandy
EF. Wuckaba
T Legion Club
American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps
the Legion
Flax Loans Offered In County Under AAA Program
Nels G. Christiansen, Kinnet county AAA Chairman, announces flax producers may obtain loans of 1.73 a bushel for grade No 1 and 1.68 for grade No 2 on 1940 flax, with terms maturing April 30, 1942. Eligible farmers include landowners or tenants whose farms fit AAA acreage limits, and loans require storage or insurance, aiming to stabilize prices and aid marketing of the 1941 crop.
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Reutumne
Nels Gr. Christiansen
Kinnet County
AAA
Towa
Emmitt
Refresher School For Army Air Corps Prep Starts
Elks sponsor a free refresher class for boys preparing for the Army Air Corps. Nine students enrolled with others expected. Warner Wirlin, dean of the local junior college, is defense chairman. Seven subjects taught: algebra trigonometry history geometry English arithmetic. Instructors: James Hueter, S Laird Swager t, Ruth Smith, Gertrude Mohr. Classes begin Thursday at 7 pm in the high school and run until the second week in November.
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Elks Jodie
Army Air Corps
Clisses
Flks Fadee
Arc
Corps
Collee
Air Corps Menitil
Warner Wirlin
The
Elks
United States
James Hueter
S. Laird Swagert
Ruth Smith
Gertrude Mohr
Cretzmeyer Accepts North High Post in Des Moines
Francis Cretzmeyer son of Der and Mrs John Cretzmeyer Emmetsburg resigns from Harrisburg Illinois schools to teach physical education at Des Moines North High School for the 1941 42 term. He was supervisor at Spencer municipal swimming pool during summer months.
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Francis Cretzmeyer
Der
John. Cretzmeyer
Emmetsburg
Harrisburg
I North High School
Des Moines
Cretzmeyer
Spencer
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Plat New Banking Service
Spencer Fair
V.R
V.rchas. Willey
J. A. Willey
Marion Willey
Muscatine
Fstherville
Mrs. Olson
State Vital Statistics Offices
Fort Des Moines
Vlr
Iowa U
Bo Klint
L. E. Thomas
Legion Committees
George McCutcheon
Jacksonville
Nels Christiansen
Emmet County Aaa
North High
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